Kevin McKenna MP
@kevinmckenna.co.uk
Labour MP for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and former nurse. For help & support please email kevin.mckenna.mp@parliament.uk with your name and address.
Glad we made this decision today
I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X
It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore
I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X
It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Glad we made this decision today
I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X
It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore
I know colleagues, the government and other organisations think they will be ceding ground and an important public discussion space if they leave X
It has been twisted too far into an unsafe, malign and destructive tool to morally use, & thereby endorse, anymore
Really looking forward to this weeks evidence session about the challenges Black people face in accessing housing and experiencing homelessness
The last session on this was very powerful
The last session on this was very powerful
We're taking evidence on Black homelessness on Wednesday 7 January at 2.20pm.
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Really looking forward to this weeks evidence session about the challenges Black people face in accessing housing and experiencing homelessness
The last session on this was very powerful
The last session on this was very powerful
Reposted by Kevin McKenna MP
We're taking evidence on Black homelessness on Wednesday 7 January at 2.20pm.
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
We're taking evidence on Black homelessness on Wednesday 7 January at 2.20pm.
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
We're questioning @allymcgovern.bsky.social, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness after hearing from organisations working with homeless people.
Watch here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐗/𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰.
Musk’s platform is proving itself a vile cesspit: its AI generating sexually explicit images of children is horrifying.
Every day we tolerate this, we weaken our democracies and endanger our future.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
Musk’s platform is proving itself a vile cesspit: its AI generating sexually explicit images of children is horrifying.
Every day we tolerate this, we weaken our democracies and endanger our future.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
Elon Musk's Grok apologizes after generating sexual images of young girls
The incident has renewed concerns about sexualized images being made of women with their consent.
www.newsweek.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐗/𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰.
Musk’s platform is proving itself a vile cesspit: its AI generating sexually explicit images of children is horrifying.
Every day we tolerate this, we weaken our democracies and endanger our future.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
Musk’s platform is proving itself a vile cesspit: its AI generating sexually explicit images of children is horrifying.
Every day we tolerate this, we weaken our democracies and endanger our future.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
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X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sheesh it’s cold outside here. Gone back inside into the living-room for more champers and maybe a hot chocolate
Saying farewell to my Dad along with 2025, it was an intense one, but very ready for 2026 now its here. Happy New Year everyone!
Saying farewell to my Dad along with 2025, it was an intense one, but very ready for 2026 now its here. Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Sheesh it’s cold outside here. Gone back inside into the living-room for more champers and maybe a hot chocolate
Saying farewell to my Dad along with 2025, it was an intense one, but very ready for 2026 now its here. Happy New Year everyone!
Saying farewell to my Dad along with 2025, it was an intense one, but very ready for 2026 now its here. Happy New Year everyone!
“post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains”
Of all their stuff in that decade, even Very, this is their most cogent work
Of all their stuff in that decade, even Very, this is their most cogent work
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains”
Of all their stuff in that decade, even Very, this is their most cogent work
Of all their stuff in that decade, even Very, this is their most cogent work
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In 2025 the Labour government helped deliver £20billion in military exports.
Deals with our allies have secured thousands of jobs across the UK, keep Britain strong and help prove that defence is an engine for growth 🇬🇧
www.thetimes.com/article/50e2...
Deals with our allies have secured thousands of jobs across the UK, keep Britain strong and help prove that defence is an engine for growth 🇬🇧
www.thetimes.com/article/50e2...
UK sells £20bn of defence exports amid threat of Russian war
More than 25,000 British jobs have been supported through deals with Norway, Turkey and other European partners
www.thetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In 2025 the Labour government helped deliver £20billion in military exports.
Deals with our allies have secured thousands of jobs across the UK, keep Britain strong and help prove that defence is an engine for growth 🇬🇧
www.thetimes.com/article/50e2...
Deals with our allies have secured thousands of jobs across the UK, keep Britain strong and help prove that defence is an engine for growth 🇬🇧
www.thetimes.com/article/50e2...
Actually scratch that. It is going to take an hour and a half just to set up the board for this one. Remembering the rules could be a lot longer!
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Actually scratch that. It is going to take an hour and a half just to set up the board for this one. Remembering the rules could be a lot longer!
Finally the extendable leaf of last year’s dining room table proves its worth. Now for that bit in the Christmas board game cycle where we spend an hour and a half misremembering the rules before even getting started
December 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Finally the extendable leaf of last year’s dining room table proves its worth. Now for that bit in the Christmas board game cycle where we spend an hour and a half misremembering the rules before even getting started
The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
The ham’s roasted, the cake is decorated, all other jobs done. Only two episodes of Box of Delights left to watch, tried two new festive cocktails, just listening to Britten’s St. Nicholas cantata and I’m chilling in a bath with a Lush bath-bomb doing its thing.
Not too shabby overall for today
Not too shabby overall for today
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The ham’s roasted, the cake is decorated, all other jobs done. Only two episodes of Box of Delights left to watch, tried two new festive cocktails, just listening to Britten’s St. Nicholas cantata and I’m chilling in a bath with a Lush bath-bomb doing its thing.
Not too shabby overall for today
Not too shabby overall for today
I’m 51, had a fairly full on life so far and wound up as a bloody Member of Parliament of all things. Trust me I’d better have earned the right to show my age by now, and also be uncool or otherwise as required
"Until recently, I wasn’t aware that there was such a seismic gap between how my tween texts and how I text. But I was wrong"
Read more: trib.al/S6Dp2eo
Read more: trib.al/S6Dp2eo
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m 51, had a fairly full on life so far and wound up as a bloody Member of Parliament of all things. Trust me I’d better have earned the right to show my age by now, and also be uncool or otherwise as required
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Merry Christmas from everyone at Terrence Higgins Trust! 🎄🎄
2025 has been an incredible year. We achieved a huge amount because of your support.
There’s still so much more to do in 2026. But together we will make it happen.
2025 has been an incredible year. We achieved a huge amount because of your support.
There’s still so much more to do in 2026. But together we will make it happen.
December 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Merry Christmas from everyone at Terrence Higgins Trust! 🎄🎄
2025 has been an incredible year. We achieved a huge amount because of your support.
There’s still so much more to do in 2026. But together we will make it happen.
2025 has been an incredible year. We achieved a huge amount because of your support.
There’s still so much more to do in 2026. But together we will make it happen.
This is great. Paul and all the doorkeepers really are fantastically kind and skilled, managing our nonsense with the right level of humour and cool
Till I got there, I hadn’t grasped how many thousands of visitors there in Parliament each day. It takes quite some machine for it to run so smoothly
Till I got there, I hadn’t grasped how many thousands of visitors there in Parliament each day. It takes quite some machine for it to run so smoothly
Senior doorkeeper Paul Kehoe helps keep the magic of Parliament running behind the scenes 🎅✨
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
'Parliament Is A Family': Senior Doorkeeper Paul Kehoe On Nearly 50 Years In Westminster
For decades, Paul Kehoe has served successive parliaments with discretion, dedication and good humour. From being kissed by Mo Mowlam to fishing a ...
www.politicshome.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is great. Paul and all the doorkeepers really are fantastically kind and skilled, managing our nonsense with the right level of humour and cool
Till I got there, I hadn’t grasped how many thousands of visitors there in Parliament each day. It takes quite some machine for it to run so smoothly
Till I got there, I hadn’t grasped how many thousands of visitors there in Parliament each day. It takes quite some machine for it to run so smoothly
Hurrah! Christmas is saved, in our house at least. Very annoying this doesn’t seem to be on streaming anywhere this year.
Can’t really do the Christmas build up properly without it
#TheBoxOfDelights
Can’t really do the Christmas build up properly without it
#TheBoxOfDelights
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hurrah! Christmas is saved, in our house at least. Very annoying this doesn’t seem to be on streaming anywhere this year.
Can’t really do the Christmas build up properly without it
#TheBoxOfDelights
Can’t really do the Christmas build up properly without it
#TheBoxOfDelights
Rather excellent thread
Let’s be very clear here. This is exactly why it was exceptionally unwise of the Supreme Court to wade into this space using ‘biological sex’ as a defining concept, because as soon as you talk to actual biologists the simple binary unravels. Not a stable basis for law.
Let’s be very clear here. This is exactly why it was exceptionally unwise of the Supreme Court to wade into this space using ‘biological sex’ as a defining concept, because as soon as you talk to actual biologists the simple binary unravels. Not a stable basis for law.
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
And that’s a follow.
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Rather excellent thread
Let’s be very clear here. This is exactly why it was exceptionally unwise of the Supreme Court to wade into this space using ‘biological sex’ as a defining concept, because as soon as you talk to actual biologists the simple binary unravels. Not a stable basis for law.
Let’s be very clear here. This is exactly why it was exceptionally unwise of the Supreme Court to wade into this space using ‘biological sex’ as a defining concept, because as soon as you talk to actual biologists the simple binary unravels. Not a stable basis for law.
I'm urging resident doctors to end their strike action this Christmas. Healthcare is a team effort, let’s put patients first and give everyone a healthy Christmas.
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I'm urging resident doctors to end their strike action this Christmas. Healthcare is a team effort, let’s put patients first and give everyone a healthy Christmas.
I’ve had to finish listening to the Wrath of Khan soundtrack first, cos I couldn’t stop that mid-flow
At least it is only two hospital visits, a police meeting and wear my wrist out signing Christmas cards. Easier than yours to be sure
Now what is this autopen the Americans keep going on about?
At least it is only two hospital visits, a police meeting and wear my wrist out signing Christmas cards. Easier than yours to be sure
Now what is this autopen the Americans keep going on about?
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’ve had to finish listening to the Wrath of Khan soundtrack first, cos I couldn’t stop that mid-flow
At least it is only two hospital visits, a police meeting and wear my wrist out signing Christmas cards. Easier than yours to be sure
Now what is this autopen the Americans keep going on about?
At least it is only two hospital visits, a police meeting and wear my wrist out signing Christmas cards. Easier than yours to be sure
Now what is this autopen the Americans keep going on about?
Wait… What…? Finally!!!!
I’m not going to get to bed now am I? You bastards releasing it now
I’m not going to get to bed now am I? You bastards releasing it now
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Wait… What…? Finally!!!!
I’m not going to get to bed now am I? You bastards releasing it now
I’m not going to get to bed now am I? You bastards releasing it now
This morning in the House of Commons, I raised the assault on Swale Borough Council that took place last night. The Speaker responded firmly: ‘Attacks on our democracy are unacceptable'.
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This morning in the House of Commons, I raised the assault on Swale Borough Council that took place last night. The Speaker responded firmly: ‘Attacks on our democracy are unacceptable'.
Last night’s assault on Swale House was an attack on free speech. Read my full statement on the events that took place below.
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Last night’s assault on Swale House was an attack on free speech. Read my full statement on the events that took place below.
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The House of Lords must not be allowed to block the clear and settled will of elected Members of Parliament
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way
Peers’ delay of assisted dying bill ‘could lead to constitutional crisis’
Opponents are playing with fire with 1,100 amendments, critics say, as filibuster tactics to defeat Kim Leadbeater’s law ‘threaten the upper chamber’s future’
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The House of Lords must not be allowed to block the clear and settled will of elected Members of Parliament
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way